diff --git a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
index 80f6d9b50f6..e9987be3dd8 100644
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo.Fetching external libraries...
 for %%e in (
             bzip2-1.0.6
             nasm-2.11.06
-            openssl-1.0.1j
+            openssl-1.0.1l
             tcl-core-8.6.3.1
             tk-8.6.3.1
             tix-8.4.3.4
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index 788df56bddd..e41f8acb523 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <sqlite3Dir>$(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.8.3.1\</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(ExternalsDir)bzip2-1.0.6\</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(ExternalsDir)xz-5.0.5\</lzmaDir>
-    <opensslDir>$(ExternalsDir)openssl-1.0.1j\</opensslDir>
+    <opensslDir>$(ExternalsDir)openssl-1.0.1l\</opensslDir>
     <nasmDir>$(ExternalsDir)\nasm-2.11.06\</nasmDir>
     
     <!-- Suffix for all binaries when building for debug -->